Six women have filed civil lawsuits against USA Swimming, its local associations in California and three now-banned coaches claiming the national governing body failed to protect them from abuse by those coaches. "My sexual abuse was 100 percent preventable,`` Grodensky said Wednesday during a video conference. "I want this lawsuit to wake up USA Swimming,'' Grodensky said. ``USA Swimming must clean house and get rid of the coaches and executives that created this culture that condoned sexual abuse by coaches.'' Now 46 and still living in Southern California, Palmero said she believed other coaches on her team knew of Uchiyama's abuse and did nothing.

Source: The Standard June 11, 2020 04:52 UTC